Błażowa

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Błażowa
Coat of arms of Błażowa
Coat of arms
Błażowa (Poland)
Błażowa
Błażowa
Coordinates: 49°54′N 22°6′E / 49.9, 22.1
Country Flag of Poland Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian
County Rzeszów
Gmina Błażowa
Established 1435
Town rights 1770
Government
 - Mayor Stanisław Najda
Area
 - Total 4.23 km² (1.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 - Total 2,110
 - Density 498.8/km² (1,291.9/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 36-030
Area code(s) +48 17
Car plates RZE
Website: http://www.blazowa.itl.pl

Błażowa [bwaˈʐɔva] (Bluzhov) - town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,111 inhabitants (2004).

[edit] Jews in Błażowa

Hasidic dynasty:

  • Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Bluzhov (1841-1924), the famed Bluzhover Rebbe who was also called the Tzvi Latzaddik
  • Israel Spira
Two young Jewish boys circa 1930 from Blazowa (Bluzhov) dressed in their best clothes (perhaps for a wedding or the Sabbath). Unknown photographer. Subjects unknown almost certainly perished in the Holocaust
Two young Jewish boys circa 1930 from Blazowa (Bluzhov) dressed in their best clothes (perhaps for a wedding or the Sabbath). Unknown photographer. Subjects unknown almost certainly perished in the Holocaust

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Coordinates: 49°53′N, 22°06′E

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